Biography
Ian Whybrow was born in Gillingham, Kent. He trained as a
teacher and has spent most of his life teaching English and Drama.
He has now given up his job as a teacher to become a full time
writer.
Ian Whybrow’s many popular successes range from picture books to
novels for older children. Best known for his original humour, he
always writes with adult readers as well as young ones in mind. He
has a brilliant ear for voices and takes pride in the fact that his
work reads aloud very well. ‘I loved being read to as a child,’ he
says. ‘And I loved the sense that my mother and father were
enjoying themselves too. For me, that’s the acid test for any good
book – that there’s something in it for everyone to enjoy.
Apart from his wife and two daughters, his passions, in no
particular order, are: Herefordshire, digging, walking with
friends, swimming, cycling, the poet Stevie Smith, the theatre and
hedgehogs. Ian Whybrow lives in Harrow, Middlesex.
Visit news
Ian visited the following libraries and Children's Centre in the
west of the county on Tuesday, 5 February. He thoroughly
entertained all the children by reading some of his stories and
talking to them.
Ian is probably best known for his Harry and his bucketful of
dinosaurs series of books.
- Clare Library: 38 children from year 2 of Clare Primary
School
- Kedington Library: 45 children from Ketton Early
Birds Playgroup and the Nursery Class from Kedington Primary
School
- Cartwheels Children's Centre, Haverhill: 20 children
- Haverhill Library: 28 children from year 3 (aged 7-8 years) of
Clements Primary School. The children also had a surprise visit
from the Bookstart Bear! Afterwards, author Ian Whybrow met one of
the youngest visitors to Haverhill library: two week old Illias and
his mum.
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